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Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling files patent application for domain marketplace
Application covers aspects of Uniregistry Market. Frank Schilling has filed a patent application (pdf) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to cover certain aspects of his company’s domain name marketplace, now called Uniregistry Market. T...
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Frank Schilling files patent application for domain marketplace
Application covers aspects of Uniregistry Market. Frank Schilling has filed a patent application (pdf) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to cover certain aspects of his company’s domain name marketplace, now called Uniregistry Market. T...
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January 12, 2017, 4:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sony creates new sites on .Sony top level domain name
Three. brand websites promote various projects. Back in 2015, Sony created a site to promote some of the technology in the James Bond Film Spectre. It chose to create the site at AssistMoneyPenny.SONY, using its .brand top level domain name. That sit...
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Sony creates new sites on .Sony top level domain name
Three. brand websites promote various projects. Back in 2015, Sony created a site to promote some of the technology in the James Bond Film Spectre. It chose to create the site at AssistMoneyPenny.SONY, using its .brand top level domain name. That sit...
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January 12, 2017, 4:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen GMF.com domain, and here are two warnings
A stolen domain name can reveal sensitive business information to the thief. Lots of three letter domain names have been stolen over the past few years. A stolen domain lawsuit (pdf) filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia on Tuesday should provide ...
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Lawsuit filed to recover stolen GMF.com domain, and here are two warnings
A stolen domain name can reveal sensitive business information to the thief. Lots of three letter domain names have been stolen over the past few years. A stolen domain lawsuit (pdf) filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia on Tuesday should provide ...
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January 12, 2017, 2:48 pm
The Domains
The Top 5 for 1-10-17 Former Berkens name IGJ.com sells
The Top 5 is a daily look at the top 5 sales from the previous day. These are sales recorded by Namebio. A couple of 3L.com names took the top spots on Monday, Opy.com closed at $17,001 on NameJet to lead the sales chart. Registered since 1996 and un...
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The Top 5 for 1-10-17 Former Berkens name IGJ.com sells
The Top 5 is a daily look at the top 5 sales from the previous day. These are sales recorded by Namebio. A couple of 3L.com names took the top spots on Monday, Opy.com closed at $17,001 on NameJet to lead the sales chart. Registered since 1996 and un...
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January 11, 2017, 7:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Secure your accounts better with a U2F security key
This might be the best form of two-factor authentication. It’s possible that last year’s presidential election in the U.S. would have been different if John Podesta used better email security. I don’t know for sure, but it should se...
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Secure your accounts better with a U2F security key
This might be the best form of two-factor authentication. It’s possible that last year’s presidential election in the U.S. would have been different if John Podesta used better email security. I don’t know for sure, but it should se...
Discussion
January 11, 2017, 4:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
More end user domain name sales
These domain names sold to end users through Sedo over the past week. The slow holiday season showed up in this week’s Sedo sales report, so I have relatively few end user sales to report. Sedo’s top reported sale was AIFX.com, which Fran...
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More end user domain name sales
These domain names sold to end users through Sedo over the past week. The slow holiday season showed up in this week’s Sedo sales report, so I have relatively few end user sales to report. Sedo’s top reported sale was AIFX.com, which Fran...
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January 11, 2017, 3:01 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by AiFx.com at $50,700
Sedo released their weekly sales and AiFx.com was the top sale at $50,700. Two popular acronyms combined, Artificial Intelligence and Forex. The what the heck sale of the week was PornMDGay.com for $9,900. Google showed Pornmd gay is a free gay tube ...
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Sedo weekly sales led by AiFx.com at $50,700
Sedo released their weekly sales and AiFx.com was the top sale at $50,700. Two popular acronyms combined, Artificial Intelligence and Forex. The what the heck sale of the week was PornMDGay.com for $9,900. Google showed Pornmd gay is a free gay tube ...
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January 10, 2017, 9:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Analyzing new top level domain registrations by country (Part 1)
The first in a multi-part story about the geography of new TLD registrants. Who registers domains? It’s a question we might answer in a thousand various ways. One approach is to examine geography. Where do most registratio...
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Analyzing new top level domain registrations by country (Part 1)
The first in a multi-part story about the geography of new TLD registrants. Who registers domains? It’s a question we might answer in a thousand various ways. One approach is to examine geography. Where do most registratio...
Discussion
January 10, 2017, 9:20 pm
The Domains
The Top 5 for 1-9-17 Murphy.com sells for $50,200
The Top 5 is a daily look at the top 5 sales from the previous day. These are sales recorded by Namebio. NameJet took all five spots on Monday, the top three were five figure sales. Murphy.com closed at $50,200. Was owned by Murphy & Durieu for a...
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The Top 5 for 1-9-17 Murphy.com sells for $50,200
The Top 5 is a daily look at the top 5 sales from the previous day. These are sales recorded by Namebio. NameJet took all five spots on Monday, the top three were five figure sales. Murphy.com closed at $50,200. Was owned by Murphy & Durieu for a...
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January 10, 2017, 7:30 pm
The Domains
Verisign: The Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in December
Verisign published their Monthly Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations. Here they are for December 2016: .COM .NET amazon near lawn custom fake control sold core broken lock bone loans museum creek certified indian puppy ad...
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Verisign: The Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in December
Verisign published their Monthly Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations. Here they are for December 2016: .COM .NET amazon near lawn custom fake control sold core broken lock bone loans museum creek certified indian puppy ad...
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January 10, 2017, 5:19 pm
